Nuclear bunker on the Baltic Sea: secrets, price and dramatic twist!

Nuclear bunker on the Baltic Sea: secrets, price and dramatic twist!

The former GDR nuclear bunker 302 in Eichthal is for sale in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in northern Germany. This bunker complex, also known as the “Museum of Dramatic Art,” was completed in 1986 and served as a strategic troposphere radio station during the time of the German Democratic Republic. The location in the municipality of Lindholz, just 50 kilometers from Rostock and 40 kilometers from Stralsund, is a listed building and has an interesting history as part of the Warsaw Pact's strategic intelligence system Bars.

The complex has a living space of 2,200 square meters and extends over a 17-hectare property. Interestingly, the bunker was purchased and converted in 2005 by Götz Thomas Wenzel, a former Berliner. Wenzel, who saw the bunker as a lifelong dream, was now forced to initiate the sale after an attempt in 2022 to sell the property for 1.75 million euros was unsuccessful. The bunker is currently being offered on www.makellos-europa.de, without a price indication, but with a brokerage fee of 20,000 euros plus 19% sales tax.

Characteristics and equipment of the bunker

The bunker is classified as protection class D and offers at least six hours of protection from biological and chemical warfare agents. The property includes two floors of underground bunkers with 1,800 square meters, five chambers of the high bunker with 500 square meters as well as various other facilities such as a guard building, a sewage treatment plant and a pump house. The area is fenced and partially under video surveillance, which provides additional security. There is also approval for twelve residential units, which opens up possible usage prospects.

Tropospheric Radio Station 302 was strategically designed to maintain the political leadership's communications links during a possible nuclear war. It is one of three systems of the same type in the GDR; the other two are in Wollenberg (Brandenburg) and Röhrsdorf (Saxony). The system was commissioned on December 1, 1987, but due to technical problems operational use could not begin until May 7, 1990, shortly before the reunification of Germany.

Difficult times and the museum's final spurt

Over the last few years visitor numbers to the Bunker Museum have fallen dramatically, particularly following road closures caused by the construction of the A20. Wenzel said he was faced with several factors, including inflation and the coronavirus pandemic, that severely impacted the museum's financial capabilities. Eventually, the museum's website and telephone number were no longer available, and the seller was unavailable for comment.

The history of the bunker and its function in the GDR are characterized by secrecy and speculation. Wenzel himself rejected rumors about a possible use for submarine construction and described them as “nonsense”. Overall, Bunker 302 is now for sale as a kind of contemporary witness of its era, while discussions about its future uses continue.

For those interested in this historical object, details can be found on Northern Courier and Wikipedia be read.